Rail connection.



P HAMILL BAIL GUHNECTIOH. I 7 11122140421011 mum JULY 19, 1912. Patlli'bd Feb. 9, 1915.

INVENTOR WlTNESSES To all mam it ma concern I B t"k citizen'fo-. th;e. United States of: Americas "ding atf JBjrdme in the yconnt-yofi iSomr 5 emetfindStdte of Pennsylvania, havein- .tibland Ino'reaparticnlarly. tea protecting for thebondfbetweenthe a iittin'g or confronting endsof two Ihe pnm ry -thefedge's theizeof recessed to provide clear lance foran electricbond or wire connecti ing ,the abutting iAnother object .ofthis invention is a provide a rail joint with a splice'bar that ;.wil l' rotect and retains, in place an electrical bond that connects the abutting or -con-.

k nging ends-of" rails, the electric bond having 1 the ends h o rm seemedthe bs of-the rails, .Whereb 'anfelec- ,tricalqeonnection will. be establis ram-s and existing cond1t1on.

. unde cox istruction, easy to'install, free froin injury by the ballast of a'road bed, and highly intended p Y If With .theabove and other Ob]8CtS no view,

the invention residesin a novel construc- 1 .tion; combination andarrangement of arts .then' claimed.

.in whereinw- 1 p ifiigure 1 is a side elevation of a rall con- Fig. 2 is an end view of the nection.

: .a'rail connection, and Fig. 4 1s a perspective view of a portion of the sp l1ce-bar formingfthe projecting device for the electrical bond of rails. Y .5 The reference numerals 1 and 2 denote the webs of mile 3 that confront or abut "whereby the ends: of said rails'can be connected together. The webs- 1 and 2' are provided with transverse openings 4 and 5 the sides of said rails are braced by. splicebars 5 and 6, said bars having openings-7 1 133523 3 emIlLIl, {as-Janene, ran-name Y Y Ra n commences. d

. withithe at I, PAT ICK Hanna; a

nuts 9, to retain 11 Bail'G'iinnectionsof which the fole "fication; reference 5 being 7 [ft erein tof thefaccompanying drawing. his invention"relates' to a rail connec 'v p dinaledgepf the .m cross section or has a longitudinal groove 12 extending from one "end ob ect of niy ninvent ion is provides bondpijctecting device in the form. of a, sfllice banor 'fish plate that has Y 01".; confronting ends of. I

" d I I prov sing Clearance for an electric. bond wlle 14 that. 18 arranged in they groo splice-bar.

v uefiicient-for' :the; purposes 'for which 1t is as r i I Y to be hereinafter specifically describe and I i v p that the splice-bardpractically incloses the Reference will now be had tothe 'draw- Y same- Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of Y that will be apparent to those familiar with specification oiLettersfiatent;

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openingsf''oi'the rails 3. i' Ofi'fiG-IYfi'bOliJS-S that are provided with the splice hars '5; and ifilin engaggement with the webs 1] and 2.;of1the '3 ra1s..-..

T112 ei6 1a @lateraijfl n thereof of a greater, 1;?vidth than. the flange of. the splice bar. whereby" the zlatenal flange 1 0 willextend overzand oSe ihangjthe base flanges 11 of the. rails 3L] The longitiifiange'lO is hook shaped v p of the splice-bar to. the opposite end. thereof, the ends of said-grooves being in communication. with cut away edges 13 at the ends of'the splice bar. The cut away-edges 13 are at the.

inner sides-of the s'plicebar and these out away edges cooperate with the. grooves 12.

12' with I the ends thereof extending upwardly underthe cut away; edges 13 of the The ends of the bond or wire 9 14 extend into openings15 provided therefor in the webs l and 2 of the rails 3, and

the ends of the bond or wire 14; are retained Y within the openings 15 by small wedges 16 I or other fastening means... I f h gb' t f, hi i nti n i to" Topermit of easy access being had to the pf idqa-rail connection that issimple in] openings 15, also to provide clearance for ployedin connection with the ends of the bond orwire '14:, the'ends of the splice-bars- 5 and 6 arerecessed or grooved, as at 17, the recessesl7 ofthe splice-bar 6 being in communication with the cut away edges 13 of said splice-bar.

From the foregoing it will be observed as bond or wire 14:, said splicebar clam ing the bond against the sides of the rails l and 2 andpreventing said bond from hecoming accidentally displaced,- due to vibrations of the rails 3901- to ballast being tanilped or thrown against the sides'of the m1 s. v

The. rail connection possesses advantages the bonding of rails, and while in the drawing-thereis illustrated a preferred emhodi ment of the invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changesas' fall within the scope of the appended claim. 7

When the plate is properly placed and the bond put in position the wheels of thecars cannot cut the bond.

\Vhat I claim is:-

In a rail connection, the combination with a pair of rails with splice bars connecting the ends of said rails, one of'said splice bars having an outer edge portion projectmamas bar having each end in proximity to top edge slotted through, said slots intersecting the grooves at the ends of the bar to provide access to'the railsob'posite the slots, at bondmounted in said gooves and extending opposite said slotted portions and into the Webs ofthe'rails', and means .for maintaining the-endsof'said bond in engagement with said rails opposite the slots.

- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of -two witnesses.

PATRICK Harriet. 

